Mop or brush holder.



No. 638,539. Patented Dec. 5, |899.

` H. C. WOODWURTH.

MGP 0R BRUSH HOLDER.

(Application led Mar. 30, 1899.) (No Model.)

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ONE-HALF TO BRADBURY G.

SPILLER, OF SAME PLACE.

lVIOP OR BRUSH HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,539, dated December5, 1899.

Application led March 30,1899.

To all whom, t rmt/J' con-cern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. WooDwoRTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cheboygan, in the county of Cheboygan and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Mop or BrushHolders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andeXac-t description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to mop and brush holders; and the object in viewis to provide a simple, cheap, and efficient device Wherebyinterchangeable mop-heads and brushheads may be quickly and securelyconnected to the operating-handle, so as to prevent accidental.disengagement between said parts.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear in theensuing description.

The invention consists in certain novel features and details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis aperspective view showing theimprovements applied to a brush-head. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionshowing the manner of connecting the handle to the mop. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the slotted clamping-plate which carries thehandle-socket. Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the manner in which theclamping-screws are adjusted for removing the socket-piece and itsplate.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw ings.

Referring to the drawings, l designates the back of an ordinaryscrubbing-brush, which for the purpose of carrying out the presentinvention is provided with a pair of clamps 2 in the form of screw-eyesentering the top surface of the back of the brush at points equidistantfrom the center of said brush. In connection with said brush I employwhat may be termed a clamping-plate 3, which is of oblong form andpreferably provided with tapering ends 4f, having open slots 5, throughwhich the shanks of the clamps or Serial No. 711,159. (No model.)

screw-eyes 2 pass. Centrally the plate 3 is provided with a'nobliquely-disposed handlesocket 6, the same being provided at a suitablepoint with an opening 7 for the passage of a screw or equivalent deviceS, which enters a handle 9, of wood or other suitable material.

Extending longitudinally and centrally along the upper surface of theplate 3 is a reinforcing-strip lO. This strip may be united throughoutits entire length to the plate 3; but its opposite ends are preferablyallowed to remain unattached to the plate 3 and are slotted, the slotstherein registering with the slots 5 in the plate 3 and also adapted toreceive the Shanks of the screw-eyes.

In applying the handle or socket-plate to the brush-head the screw-eyesor clamps 2 are turned so that their heads are disposed longitudinallyof the brush-head. This enables the plate 3 to be slipped over the headsof the clamps and brought to bear against the brush-head, whereupon bygiving the clamps or screw-eyes each a quarter-turn they engage theplate 3 on opposite sides of the slots 5 and bind the plate and headtogether. The strip l0 is preferably formed of spring material, and theslotted extremities thereof have a normal tendencyr to spring upward. Inthis manner they bear with a spring action and frictionally at all timesagainst the heads of the clamps or screw-eyes and prevent anypossibility of the plate 3 becoming disengaged from the head of thebrush. When it is desired to disconnect the socket-plate from the headof the brush, the screw-eyes or clamps are turned so that their headsare disposed longitudinally of the brush, whereupon the plate 3 may belifted and disconnected from the brush.

In applying the clamping-plate and handle-socket to a mop I employ amop-head ll,- consisting of a bar of Wood or other suitable material,which is provided with clamps or screw-eyes, the same as above describedin connection with the brush. The material or goods l2 of the mop passesbetween the headbar ll of the clamping-plate and is thus held securely.The operation of applying the clamping-plate to a mop-head and removingit therefrom is precisely the same as the operation described inconnection with the brush-head.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided asimple and effective device for quickly interchanging a brush-head andmop, so that the same handle and clamping-plate may be employed inconnection with both articles. It is also an easy matter to substitute anew mop-cloth when an old one has become Worn out. Any brush may be usedin connection with the handlesocket plate, it being only necessary toapply a pair of screw-eyes or clamps to the back of the brush in amanner which will be readily understood in View of the foregoingdescription and the accompanying illustrations. If desired, the plate 3may be made sufficiently thick to give it the requisite stiffnessWithout the use of the reinforcing-strip l0.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with ahead, and a pair of clamping-screws connectedthereto and having oblong heads, of a clamping-plate having slots at itsends to enable it to be slipped over the heads of the clamping-screwswhen said heads are in a certain position and held against the head bypartially turning said screws, said plate being provided With ahandle-socket, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a head, and a pair of clamping screws attachedthereto, of a clamping-plate having slotted ends designed to t over saidscrew-eyes, a handle-socket connected to said plate, and areinforcingstrip extending longitudinally of said plate and having itsends slotted and turned upward to bear with a yielding spring-pressureagainst the heads of the screw-eyes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY C. VOODVORTII.

Vitnesses:

INA F. GARDNER, Q. C. BALL.

